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JJ.H•I3s chosen as rnatch Queen
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The new (NOM of the International Plow-
ing Match, (PM):, Lynn Dodds of, R.R. 1,
Seaforth was stiU "in a state of shock and on
cloud nine" on Saturday.
Ms. Dodds was chosen the new Queen on
Friday night at the plowing match, which
this year Was held near Teviotdale in Well-
ington County. And as the new Queen, she
will represent the Ontario Plowmen's
Association; attending most county
plowmen association banquets and visiting
the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto this fall.
She will also be making appearances at
farm shows throughout Ontario, including
Ottawa, Toronto and London.
"1'm actually . an ambassador for the
plowmen's association. And I will be helping
at the 1985 IPM in Elgin County," says Ms.
Dodds.
Having just started her duties, Ms. Dodds
says she has already been very busy. "But
it's been a lot of fun and I've met many in-
teresting people."
One of 32 contestants at this year's IPM,
Ms. Dodds was judged on her plowing abili-
ty, appearance, deportment, speech, and in-
terview.
"My speech was about plowing, the IPM
and how farming and plowing have changed
over the years."
A 19 -year-old daughter of Don and"Maja
Dodds, Ms. Dodds is enrolled m the family
studies program at the Guelph University.
She is no newcomer to plowing and Queen
competitions. She represented the Huron
County Plowmen for two consecutive years
and was Queen of the Seaforth Fall Fair in
1982.
Raised on a farm and a veteran of IPM
Queen competitions, Ms. Dodds jokingly ad-
mits that her plowing skills haven't really
improved a great deal since last year.
Lynn Dodds of R.R. 1, Seaforth was chosen Queen of the International Plowing
Match on September 29. In the coming year, Lynn will represent the Ontario
Plowmen's Association at various functions throughout the year. The day after
she was chosen, Lynn says, "I'm still in a state of shock and on cloud nine."
She is a daughter of Don and Maja Dodds.
(Wassink photo)
Rain on first match day
The five day plowing match started
September 25. Just as the official opening
was to take place with country and western
singer Carol Baker, it rained. Despite the
'mud and rain, conditions at the match im-
proved the rest of the week.
• "We had good attendance — the total paid
being 118,000 and the total, including people
with free passes was 150,000," says David
Craig. Mr. Craig lives near Arthur and is
chairman of the Wellington County
Plowmen.
"This year we were very strict in keeping
records at the gates. Everybody who came
• to the rnatch was counted. We were very
happy with attendance. We didn't beat the
best previous attendance records, but were
only 15,000 away." .,
Though September, 25 was a bad day, Mr.
Craig says there still was a good crowd. But
he says the bad weather may have worked
in favor of the IPM since, farmers could not'
harvest crops.
"When people saw the tented city site on
Wednesday, they were shocked. By Wednes-
day noon, things were drying up just super.
The streets were dry and there were no ruts.
We got a lot of bad press after the Tuesday
rain," he says.
"But weproved a point that we could pick
a tented city site that could take a lot of rain.
We all adjusted very well to the weather."
There were almost 600 exhibitors in the
tented city. Tho site was full. Plowing com-
petitions and visitor parking was located
close to the tented city. A nearby airstrip
was used by 178 aircraft.
"We had . good comments overall," says
Mr. Craig. "Visitors said the people of Well-
ington County were. very hospitable and
helpful. Exhibitors were pleased with the
rnatch. Some said a lot of people were in-
terested
in buying equipment."
As for the future role of the International
Plowing Match, officials were busy at the
match just finding out what that would be.
"We had six people on the site doing a
survey. When completed the 1,000 people
surveyed will have answered a lot of Con-
cerns we have. And one is, who comes to the
plowing match? On the first four days, we
had a good selection of -farmers * pd on
Saturday, we -had many urabanites-visiting
the match:"
Soon, the site of the IPM will be no more
than a farm field. Construction at the site
started in August and if the weather co-
operates, Mr. Craig hopes all the displays
and huge tents will be gone in two weeks.
Stouffville man wins
Floyd Forsyth of Stouffville was chosen
the Ontario Grand Champion in the tractor
plowing competition at the International
Plowing Match. Runner-up was Ken
Ferguson of Stouffville.
The two plowmen will compete in the
Canadi n Championship Plowing competi-
tion in New Brunswick in 1985. The winner of
that competition advances to the world
plowing competition.
Ontario Champion Horse Plowman was
Andrew MacRobbie of Mount Forest. Run-
ner up was Ross Miller of Sunderland.
Manager of the IPM, Bob McMann says
he was exceptionally pleased .with this
year's plowing match. Mr. McMann is with
the OMAF office in Guelph and is secretary -
manager -treasurer of the Ontario
Plowmen's Association.
"Our attendance was great - greater than
any other IPM inthe last five years. The
record was set in Huron County in 1978," he
says.
The conservation tillage program was a
first at the IPM this year. It was a pilot pro-
ject, a project that will be at future matches
says Mr. McMann.
"We received favorable comments on the
project. It's something that's innovative.
Conservation, tillage is something that
reflects today's need in agriculture."
There were approximately 140 plowmen
at the IPM. The plowmen were pleased with
the soil, though they couldn't plow on open-
ing'day because of rain.
"And they were pleased because there
wasonly a minimum number of stones,"
says Mr. McMann.
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The five day event featured plowing competitions, including two plowmen from Northern Ireland,
and a parade on Saturday. The 1985 IPM will be held in. Elgin County. (Wassink photo)
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